Past Auctions
Jan 30, 2020
African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company
Oct 08, 2019
African-American Fine Art
Apr 05, 2018
African-American Fine Art
Comprehensive examples of twentieth century art movements include important paintings by Beauford Delaney and Norman Lewis, as well as a recently rediscovered painting by Jacob Lawrence.
Oct 05, 2017
African-American Fine Art
Charles White's monumental Take My Mother Home, 1957, leads this powerful sale of important works from the last century.
Apr 06, 2017
African-American Fine Art
Featuring works by assemblage artists working in LA in the 1970s, highlights include a large double body print by David Hammons. Also available are Abstract Expressionist works and Alma Thomas watercolors.
Oct 06, 2016
African-American Fine Art
Autumn offerings from our African-American Fine Art department include works from the last 150 years with an especially strong selection of abstract canvases. Read more.
Apr 07, 2016
African-American Fine Art
Many examples of scarce modern and contemporary works by influential artists, including Norman Lewis, Carrie Mae Weems, Ernie Barnes, and Loïs Mailou Jones, will be offered in this auction. More information here.
Dec 15, 2015
African-American Fine Art
This sale includes some of our African-American Fine Art Department's strongest offerings to date–with exceptional artworks from the Harlem Renaissance to the contemporary. More infomation can be found here.
Sep 15, 2015
The Art Collection of Maya Angelou
This auction features more than 40 works from the private collection of Dr. Maya Angelou, including works by Faith Ringgold, John Biggers and Romare Bearden. More information can be found here.
Apr 02, 2015
Ascension: A Century of African-American Art
Highlights include paintings by Barkley Hendricks and Henry Ossawa Tanner, prints by Kara Walker and Carrie Mae Weems, and a recently rediscovered painting by Norman Lewis.
Oct 09, 2014
African-American Fine Art Featuring the Richard A. Long Collection
The Richard A. Long collection consists of works by early pioneers of African-American art as well as modern masters, including Romare Bearden and Beauford Delaney.
Jun 10, 2014
The Shape of Things to Come: African-American Fine Art
Includes a strong section of artwork from the 1960s and 70s, including Barkley L. Hendricks's Sergio, 1972, and Walter Williams's Southern Landscape, 1963-64.
Feb 13, 2014
Shadows Uplifted: The Rise of African-American Fine Art
Swann's February auction of African-American Fine Art focuses on 19th-century, WPA and Harlem Renaissance artists whose work helped to shape the landscape of American art.
